Scene: Angela is in the high lithotomy position, in a small amphitheater. She is well gowned and covered up to protect her modesty as much as possible. Her vulva is completely exposed and accessible, however, for teaching purposes. Her feet are spread wide enough for at least two individuals to take their places between her legs and easily reach and see all of the important anatomical landmarks without excessive effort.

The audience seats are empty; besides Angela, the only others present are the professor and his student. The professor is trying to demonstrate the need for extreme caution and only the most intentional of actions whenever examining the female clitoris due to the strong sensitivity of the sexual organ.

In order to pay off her student loans, Angela recently signed up for the “standard patient and anatomical model” position at the local medical college. She knew there would be embarrassing times, but she didn’t expect them to start with very first encounter. What’s worse is that she knows that she’s obligated to accept and put up with almost any kind of demonstration or manipulation. She was given a safe word, but it was explained that any use of the safe word would lead to an immediate cancellation of her contract.

She certainly wasn’t going to lose her new job on her first day...

Professor: Now, here’s something unusual I wanted to draw your attention to. He uses one hand to separate her labia near the top, and the other to retract the clitoral hood. If you look closely, you can see a thin bit of tissue that connects the hood to the clitoral shaft.

Student: I … don’t remember seeing that before. Is that common? Student leans in to look closely. Very closely. Angela feels his breath, warm and moist, flow gently over her clitoris.

Professor: No, it’s quite unusual. What you’re seeing is the equivalent of the frenulum that men have just below the glans, on the underside of the penis. Unusual to see it on a female, but hardly unheard of. Now, be sure to note that it’s a very sensitive bit of tissue. He nods to the long cotton swab on the mayo tray. Go ahead and squirt a little bit of saline on the tip of that swab then bring it in here.

The student backs away briefly, takes a moment to open a sterile cotton swab about 6 inches long. Holding it cleanly away from his body, he picks up the syringe filled with saline and squeezes some onto the tip of the swab. It moistens, a few drips run down the shaft.

Professor: Good, now I want you to press it .. gently now, she’s doing this voluntarily .. right there, directly over her clitoris.

Angela inhales sharply at the feeling of cool moistness on her most sensitive spot. As the student increases the pressure, she lets out the tiniest whimper. It’s impossible to tell if the sound was one of pain or simply due to the strong stimulus on a nerve-laden bit of anatomy.

Professor: See, you can hear from her entirely involuntary responses … the way she breathed in sharply, the other noises she’s making … that even the slightest bit of stimulation on the clitoris triggers an unavoidable response.

Angela blushes at the clinical discussion of her moans and whimpers as well as her anatomy.

Professor: Now, gently - and I want to emphasize, gently! - slide the swab just along either side of the frenulum you see there…

The student does, but despite every effort to be gentle, still overdoes the pressure while sliding the cotton swab. Angela’s hips buck, briefly.

Professor: My apologies Angela, even cautious students sometimes don’t realize the true levels of sensitivity some women feel near their clitoris.

The professor switches places with the student so the student is holding the woman’s clitoral area splayed open while the doctor leans in with the swab.

Professor: Now, pay attention, I don’t want to over stimulate poor Angela here. The professor leans in closer once more and now she can feel his breath caress her clitoris. Then he glides the swab along either side of the frenulum, eliciting a moan and an “Ohh!” sound from Angela, but she avoids bucking her hips. Do you see how sensitive she is here? Even when you look closely you can see that barely a few fibers are coming into contact with the tissue along the frenulum. Even so, she still cannot help but react…

The professor very slowly, over about 5-10 seconds, glides the moist cotton swab along the thin bit of tissue connecting the clitoris to the hood. Both doctor and student can hear Angela's moaning and then biting her lip in order to try to stop the noise she makes.

Professor: This is what I want to impress upon you. Even when using the slightest of stimulation, the patient cannot help but aurally react to the sensation. Now, let me switch it up just a bit.Out of her sight, the doctor opens and takes out a new cotton swab, but this time coats it in lubricant instead of saline. Once again, pay attention closely. I want you to understand the difference in sensation that Angela is experiencing and how she reacts…

Angela blushes while she listens to the doctor discuss her becoming aroused in such a clinical manner! She can’t believe that two strange men are having an intense, focused discussion on the noises and movements she’s making when she feels such incredible stimulation on her clit! In fact –

The professor suddenly glides the swab with the lubricant somewhat firmly down, then up, and then down again over her frenulum and clitoris.

Angela: Ahhhh! Oh my God!! She cries out while pushing her hips into the swab even harder.

Professor: Perfect! Did you see how she leaned into the swab there? The quality of the sensations a woman experiences when touched on her clitoris or nearby is drastically different depending upon the nature of the substance. When using saline, the sensations are notable, but it is still easy to over stimulate. Using lubricant, I could use a greater pressure, but in that case the sensations were so clearly pleasant that she couldn’t help but thrust her hips into the swab in almost an animal desire to heighten and prolong the sensation.

Angela hears the doctor open yet another swab, but nothing else.

Professor: Whereas with a dry swab without any saline or lubricant to soften the feel of the cotton fibers on the extraordinarily sensitive tissues…

The professor suddenly pushes on Angela’s clitoris with the dry swab and twists it slightly, dragging the rough fibers over her now reddened and engorged little nub.

Angela: Owwwww, ow, ow, Owie!! Please, please stop!! Angela cried as she bucked her hips and did anything she could to pull away from the sensation of what might as well have been sandpaper on her clit.

The professor stepped around to the side and caressed Angela’s hair, tucking it behind her ears, and looked at her sympathetically.

Professor: I’m so very sorry about that Angela. I needed to demonstrate your reaction without any warning, but I know that wasn’t pleasant. There shouldn’t be too many more episodes like that today, all right?

The doctor was asking, but asking rhetorically. He wasn’t waiting for Angela’s answer because she knew that it didn’t matter what she said. If he decided that rubbing her clit with a dry cotton swab to make her scream in pain was what he needed to do, then that’s what he would do. But he wouldn’t enjoy it. Much.